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IStock(NEW YORK) The city of Santa Monica, California, will start offering priority placement for its coveted affordable housing program to families and their descendants who were displaced by urban renewal projects in the 1950s and 60s. The new effort aims to repair some of the historical actions that predominantly hurt Black and brown communities, as aggressive construction projects and highway-building some 70 years ago resulted in hundreds of families being evicted from their homes in the southern California coastal city. "The city of Santa Monica is eager to share the new affordable housing priority for historically displaced households with families who were displaced from Santa Monica in the 1950s," Constance Farrell, the public information officer for the city of Santa Monica, told ABC News on Monday. "We encourage our former residents and their descendants to learn more about the program and we look forward to working with you to access this new opportunity,&q ....
IStock(NEW YORK) The city of Santa Monica, California, will start offering priority placement for its coveted affordable housing program to families and ....